CVE-2014-9621 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
File Project	File

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.19:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.21:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9434	The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3686-1	file vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9621
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9621

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-21T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.915Z

Reserved: 2015-01-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9621

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-21T18:59:07.153

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9621

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9621 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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